mr. chairman , i thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this time . 
mr. chairman , i agree with the chairman of the committee on science . 
we have an opportunity to do better . 
i hope that we do better as we improve the hydrogen title of this bill . 
perhaps the other body will have a title that will work a little bit better in the hydrogen area , and i hope that we will catch the vision of a different way of getting around . 
imagine that one takes delivery today in spartanburg , south carolina of a brand new bmw . 
it runs on hydrogen . 
it is powered and controlled by a computer , maybe made by ibm , maybe software by microsoft . 
these are companies committed to making hydrogen and to making smart cars work . 
they get in the car , they program it to go somewhere , they take their hands off the wheel . 
it seems like science fiction , but the good news is that we on the committee on science are in the business of making science fiction into reality , and it is not that far away . 
if we can make a commitment like we made when we decided to go to the moon , we can get there . 
we as a nation can decide that now is the time to really commit to forging ahead to create a hydrogen economy . 
now is the time to be spending good money on that . 
it is time to stop simple spending and start thoughtful investing . 
there is a big difference . 
in this bill we have the opportunity to do just that , to invest serious money in the technology that can lead us to a hydrogen economy . 
if we do that , we will do good work for the american people and we will lessen our dependence on middle eastern oil . 
and , by the way , it is also about jobs . 
if we can retool the automobile and make it so that we not just develop the technology but also produce it here , we can tremendously expand the economy of the united states , providing jobs and , while doing that , cleaning up the environment and reducing the oil pressure on the middle east . 
that is a trifecta . 
let us get about it with a better title . 
